In the lytic cycle, a virus infects a host cell and uses the cell’s machinery to make copies of itself. This process increases the number of viruses inside the host cell until it bursts (or lyses), releasing new …

In the lytic cycle, viruses quickly take over the host cell, make many copies, break the cell, and infect other cells. In the lysogenic cycle, viruses sneak into the host's DNA, stay hidden, and wait.

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The lysogenic cycle allows a phage to reproduce without killing its host. Some phages can only use the lytic cycle, but the phage we are following, lambda (λ ), can switch between the two cycles.

This exercise contrasts lytic vs. lysogenic cycles, highlighting phage attachment, DNA injection, virion assembly, host lysis, prophage integration, and induction triggers.

In the lytic cycle, viruses quickly take over the host cell, make many copies, break the cell, and infect other cells. In the lysogenic cycle, viruses sneak into the host's DNA, stay hidden, and wait.

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Video transcript - So you might have an understanding of viral replication, but there's one special case that doesn't quite fit neatly into the box of lytic or lysogenic. And that's what we're going to talk about. …

Scientists have carried out detailed studies on the infection cycles of bacteriophages, which are viruses that infect bacteria (a type of prokaryote). The two primary modes of infection for bacteriophages are …

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